Device for holding target-stickers.



No. 821,113. 1 PATENTED MAY 22, 1906. A. MOUNT.

DEVICE FOR HOLDING TARGET STICKERS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 44, 1905.

UNITED srA rns PATENT OFFICE.

AUSTIN MOUNT, OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO CLARENCEJOHNSON, OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 22, 1906.

Application filed May 4, 1905. Serial No. 258,372.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, AUsTIN MOUNT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Erie, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsyl- Vania,have invented new and useful Improvements in Devices for Holding Target-Stickers, of which the following is a, specification.

This invention relates to devices for holding target-pastors, and itconsists in certain improvements in the construction thereof, as will behereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

More particularly the device is designed to hold in convenient form forhandling a series of pasters such as are used in target practice forcovering perforations made on a paper or canvas target when hit.

Preferably it consists of twin holders, one for black pasters and theother for white.

The device is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, as follows:Figure 1 is a plan view of the device Fig. 2, a side elevation of same;Fig. 3, a section on the lines 3 3 in Figs. 1 and 2; Fig. 4, a sideelevation with the top stop withdrawn to permit of the loading of thedevice.

The holder consists of the shell A, which is ordinarily cylindrical inshape, closed at the bottom and preferably open at the top. Arranged inthis shell is a coil-spring D, the purpose of which is to act as afollower in crowding up the pastors E. One side of the shell has thetongue a formed in it, and secured to the upper end of this tongue isthe stop a. A ring B extends around the shell in contact with thetongue. The tongue preferably is sprung out, so as to maintain theposition when relieved from the influence of the ring B. (Shown in Fig.4.) Such an arrangement of the finger tends to hold the ring B in place.The part of the shell immediately opposite the stop a has the opening awhich exposes the edge of the pasters. The stop is preferably arrangedto permit of the grasping of the paster and turning the same upsufliciently to get a suflicient hold on it to remove it. As beforestated, it is preferable to have two of these arranged togetherone forthe black pasters and one for the white. I have secured two shellstogether by the connecting pieces a and a leaving the slots or openingsC between the shells. The shell A, united by this method with the shellA, is a counterpart of the shell A and the parts operate in like manner.The slot Ois of sufficient width to permit of the operation of the ringsB independently of each other, so that either shell may be loadedwithout disturbing the other.

It will be noted that the wall of the shell extends more than halfaround the shell at the top with a sufficient height to engage the edgesof the stickers arranged in the shell. When one of the stickers israised up or pulled out, this wall projects out and retains the nextadjacent sticker and prevents its removal.

What I claim as new is 1. In a device for holding target-pasters, thecombination of a case open at its side and top to permit of the turningup and grasping of the uppermost paster; a stop arranged at the top ofthe case to limit the upward movement of pasters in said case; theopening through the side of the case having less width at the plane ofthe stop than the largest cross dimension of the case at the place ofthe stop, and a spring-follower in the lower part of the case arrangedto crowd the pasters upwardly against the stop.

2. In a device for holding target-pasters, the combination of a caseopen at its side and top to permit of the turning up and grasping of theuppermost paster; a removable stop arranged at the top of the casetolimit the upward movement of stickers in said case; the openingthrough the side of the case having less width at the plane of the stopthan the largest cross dimension of the case at the place of the stop, aspring-follower in. the lower part of the case arranged to crowd thestickers upwardly against the stop and means for locking the stop inplace.

3. In a device for holding target-pasters, the combination of a caseopen at its side and top to permit the turning up and grasping of theuppermost paster; a spring-finger a arranged in one side of the case; astop a carried by said finger; and the ring B arranged tcl slide overthe case for locking the finger in ace.

P 4. In a device for holding target-pastors, the combination of a caseopen at its side and top to permit the turning up and grasping of theuppermost paster the spring-finger a arranged in one side of the caseand being ten sioned to extend outwardly from the case the stop aprojecting from the upper end of the finger over the case; and the ringB arranged to lock the finger in its inward position.

5. In a device for holding target -pasters, the combination of two casesarranged side by side with a slot between them; stops arranged over thecases for holding the pasters in said cases and means sliding on thecases and extending through the slot between the cases for locking thestops in place.

6. In a device for holding target-pasters, the combination of the casesA and A each case having a spring-finger a with a stop a extendingtherefrom over the top of the cases and each case being provided with aring B I5 surrounding the cases and movable on said cases, said oasesbeing sufficiently separated to permit the movement of said rings.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing 20 witnesses.

AUSTIN MOUNT.

Witnesses:

AMY T. WHITE, M. (J. SULLIVAN.

